Nicholas Natividad looks across the U.S.-Mexico border between Ciudad Juárez and Sunland Park, N.M., in the Paso del Norte region. A descendant of families who lived through multiple shifts of the border, Natividad studies how generations of Mexican Americans and Indigenous communities have preserved their culture and identity amid changing national lines.
OMAR ORNELAS PHOTOS, USA TODAY NETWORK
Tigua dancers of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo perform outside the historic mission in San Elizario, Texas, during a cultural reenactment of borderlands history. The event reflects generations of Indigenous, Mexican and American influences that have shaped identity in the region.
Tigua dancers of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo perform outside the historic mission in San Elizario, Texas, during a cultural reenactment of borderlands history.
OMAR ORNELAS PHOTOS, USA TODAY NETWORK
Dennis Daily, an archivist at New Mexico State University, examines historical maps of the U.S.-Mexico border region in the university's archives. The collection traces shifting national boundaries that reshaped communities in the Paso del Norte area over generations.
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Nicholas Natividad looks across the U.S.-Mexico border between Ciudad Juárez and Sunland Park, N.M., in the Paso del Norte region. A descendant of families who lived through multiple shifts of the border, Natividad studies how generations of Mexican Americans and Indigenous communities have preserved their culture and identity amid changing national lines.
Tigua dancers of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo perform outside the historic mission in San Elizario, Texas, during a cultural reenactment of borderlands history. The event reflects generations of Indigenous, Mexican and American influences that have shaped identity in the region.
Tigua dancers of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo perform outside the historic mission in San Elizario, Texas, during a cultural reenactment of borderlands history.
Dennis Daily, an archivist at New Mexico State University, examines historical maps of the U.S.-Mexico border region in the university's archives. The collection traces shifting national boundaries that reshaped communities in the Paso del Norte area over generations.
